Speaker for the dead
Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists o...
| Main Author: | Card, Orson Scott (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Harris, John, 1948 July 29- (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
TOR,
Ã1986.
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| Series: |
Ender saga ;
2. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. |
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| Item Description: |
"A Tom Doherty Associates book." "A TOR book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: |
xiv, 415 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781250773050 1250773059 9780312853259 0312853254 9780312937386 0312937385 9781857238570 1857238575 9780356501857 035650185X 9780812550757 0812550757 9780712615167 0712615164 9780099503200 0099503204 |
| Author Notes: |
A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. (Bowker Author Biography) |